| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "It is the past," said Jav in a low voice. "They do
not see us--they but live the old dead past of ancient
Lothar--the dead and crumbled Lothar of antiquity,
which stood upon the shore of Throxus, mightiest of
the five oceans.
"See those fine, upstanding men swinging along the
broad avenue? See the young girls and the women smile
upon them? See the men greet them with love and respect?
Those be seafarers coming up from their ships which lie
at the quays at the city's edge.
"Brave men, they--ah, but the glory of Lothar has faded!
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: the hubbub of dismay had quite subsided, the barrister found
himself driving furiously for his chambers. There was at least a
cave of refuge; it was at least a place to think in; and he
climbed the stair, put his key in the lock and opened the door,
with some approach to hope.
It was all dark within, for the night had some time fallen; but
Gideon knew his room, he knew where the matches stood on the end
of the chimney-piece; and he advanced boldly, and in so doing
dashed himself against a heavy body; where (slightly altering the
expressions of the song) no heavy body should have been. There
had been nothing there when Gideon went out; he had locked the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glaucus/The Wonders of the Shore by Charles Kingsley: Miss Gifford's "Marine Botanist," third edition, and Dr. Cocks's
"Sea-weed Collector's Guide," have also been recommended by a high
authority.
For general Zoology the best books for beginners are, perhaps, as a
general introduction, the Rev. J. A. L. Wood's "Popular Zoology,"
full of excellent plates; and for systematic Zoology, Mr. Gosse's
four little books, on Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes,
published with many plates, by the Christian Knowledge Society, at
a marvellously cheap rate. For miscroscopic animalcules, Miss
Agnes Catlow's "Drops of Water" will teach the young more than they
will ever remember, and serve as a good introduction to those
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